When my path for robocopy has a space, I surround it with " but get the weird error below...
My .bat file contains:
rem Backup scans
ROBOCOPY "C:\Users\doug\Documents\My Scans\" "B:\BACKUP\My Scans\" /e /NFL /NDL
pause
AND I GET THIS ERROR:
C:\Windows\system32>rem Backup scans
C:\Windows\system32>ROBOCOPY "C:\Users\doug\Documents\My Scans\" "B:\BACKUP\My
Scans\" /e /NFL /NDL
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ROBOCOPY :: Robust File Copy for Windows
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Started : Thu Jun 23 19:32:29 2016
Source : C:\Users\doug\Documents\My Scans" B:\BACKUP\My\
Dest : C:\Windows\system32\Scans"\
Files : *.*
Options : *.* /NDL /NFL /S /E /COPY:DAT /R:1000000 /W:30
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2016/06/23 19:32:29 ERROR 123 (0x0000007B) Accessing Source Directory C:\Users\d
oug\Documents\My Scans" B:\BACKUP\My\
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
C:\Windows\system32>pause
Press any key to continue . . .
In your command ROBOCOPY "C:\Users\doug\Documents\My Scans\" "B:\BACKUP\My Scans\" /e /NFL /NDL
the ending slashes are escaping the double quotes symbols. Robocopy then assumes that it's a full argument, which it then can't find. Try one of these instead:
ROBOCOPY "C:/Users/doug/Documents/My Scans/" "B:/BACKUP/My Scans/" /e /NFL /NDL
ROBOCOPY "C:\Users\doug\Documents\My Scans\\" "B:\BACKUP\My Scans\\" /e /NFL /NDL
ROBOCOPY "C:\Users\doug\Documents\My Scans" "B:\BACKUP\My Scans" /e /NFL /NDL
Remove the trailing backslashes on your source and destination.
"C:\Users\doug\Documents\My Scans" "B:\BACKUP\My Scans"
Edit: Somehow Blerg beat me to it. What he said.
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